Consciousness as a state of matter
We examine the hypothesis that consciousness can be understood as a state of matter, “perceptronium”, with distinctive information processing abilities. We explore four basic principles that may distinguish conscious matter from other physical systems such as solids, liquids and gases: the informati...
Main Author: | Tegmark, Max Erik |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics |
Format: | Article |
Language: | en_US |
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Elsevier
2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111183 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7670-7190 |
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